The Iola register., 1887-03-04

has ask.d for G DIS pilotas, The difa-
Guilty in. that when We have cl;sfortunes
Of any sind. We put them il Gods hand,
ami they stay there little white, and
then we so AID get them again, al brius
them back.
A vessel coma in from n foreign port
As it CONES near the ha-bor it sees pilot
floating about. II halls tn, pilo. The
pilot comes on board, and he sayss
Snow. Captain. yol have had q stormy
passage. Go down AMI sleep. AMI will
take the vessel into New YORK harbor."
After awhile the Captain begins to
think:
''Am right in trusting this vessel to
tina. pilot. 1 guess I'll 70 up and sea-
So he comes to the pilot and SAYS:
''Don't you see that rocki Don't you
see those headlaads. You will wreck the
ship. Let me lag hc,d the helm fo-
awhile fer Mysen, ard then I'll trust to
you"
The pilo: becomes angry and says:
Il will either take care of this ship or
not. II you want 10 l will get into nv
yawl and go ashore o. blci 70 my boat"
Now. we say TO the Lord:
20. Go. take nv life. take nv all. in
my pilot
We 20 along for little while, and sud
denly wake Up and say:
Things arc gong all wrong. o. Lord.
we are driving on these rocks and Thou
arr going To ler US be shipw-ccke -
God says: You go and rest. will take
charge Of this vessel, and take :. into tue
harbor"
1t is Gods business to comfort. ard it il
our business to be conforted Herbert.
the great thinker. philosophical about
himself, Philosophical about this world.
philosophical about every hing: then. in
in his dying moments, asked that only
one word mi-h. be cut upon his tomb
stone, and that word "Ilfeliclssmus--
most unhappy-descriptive of the lives
and of the deaths OF those who take their
case out Of the hands of God. The only
appropriate inscription for their banquet
ing hall, ,eud their equipaye, and the wall
ot their eternal prison-house-"Infe,ic
sinus" In drooling. moral idiocy they
are scrabbling ut the door of their hacpi-
ness. which never opens; miserlbly play
ing the fool
Again. remark tnat all those persons
play the fool. as certainly as did this man
of the text. who allow the technicallties of
religion to stop their salvation. David
was wise about a great many things. bu:
his cuttinCs-up in tie text for little
while eclipsed his character. And
know wis, men and grea. men
competent for all other stations. who
are acting silly and foolish pIrt in re-
card to the technicalities of religion.
They ask US some questions which we
can not answer categorically. and so they
burst into broad guffaw. as though it is
of any more interest TO US than l. ought
to be 10 them. About the atonement.
about Gods DEGREES. about mans destiny.
they ask a great many questions which
we can not answer. and SO thev deriie Us,
as though we could not ask them thou
sand questions that they can no: answer.
about their eyes, about their ears. about
their finger nails. about every thing. A
fool can ask a question that wise man
can not answer. q. you caviiiIg men,
o. you profound men, o. you learned
men, Go please admit somethinG You
have soul, Yes. Will it live forever.
Yes. Where! You say that Jesus Christ
is not divine Saviour Who is he, Where
will you go after you leave your law
books, and your medical prescriptions.
and your club-roorl. and your newspaper
of.ice-where viii you go to. Your BODY
will be six feet underground. Where will
you soul be. The black coat Will be Of.
the shroud on. Those spectacles will be
removed from your VISION, for the sod
will press your eye-lid>. Have You
any idea that an earthly almanac d.
scribes the years of your lifetime, of
what stuff shall gather the material for
the letters of that word which describes
y-ot r.aea al h,N- - ,b,i
or a1,arantnine garland, The air that
bestirs the besweated locks OF your dying
pillow. VIII il come of I garden or
desert.
Oh. Quit the puzzlinC questions and trv
these momentouS questions. Quit the
small questions and try these great qres-
tons. Instead of discussing whether tn,
serpent in Elem was fgurative or literal.
whether the Mediterranean fish did or did
not swallow the recreaut prophet whether
this and that and the other thing is right
or wrong, come AMI discuss the question:
How shall get rid of M sins and win
Heaven:" That is the question foc you.
Yea. there have been men who have act
ually lost their souls because they thought
there was discrepancy between Moses
and Prof. Sjilimau-b,cause th.y could not
understand how there could be light
before the sun rose-the light appearing
in verse three of Genesis. and the sun ap-
psaring not until verse sixteen-ald be-
cause they do not know how the moon
could stand still without upset
ting the universe, and because
they had decided upon the theory of
natural selection. A German philosopher
in dying had for his chief sorrow that he
had not devoted his whole life to the study
Of the dative case. Oh. when your i'm
mortality Is 10 peril, why quibble. Quit
these lor-essentials, my dear brother. In
the name of God. l ask you in regard to
these matters of the immortal soul that
you do not play the fool
" hat is that man doing in Bowling
Green New York! Well. he is going in
for ticlse. for q TRANSATLANTIC yoya ge.
He IS quarreiing with the clerk about the
spots-the rel spots on the tick,t-lnd he
is Quarre.ing about the peculiar signature
Of the president OF :he steamship COM
pany. and ne is quar- cling about the man
ner of the clerk who hards him the ticket.
How long has he been standing there!
Three weeks. Meanwhile. perhaps.
twenty steamers have goae out Of port.
and hear the SHREK of the steam tug
that could take him TO the last vessel that
could bear him to his engagement: in Lon
don. Still he stands in Bowling Green
the ticket
What DO you say in regard TO that man!
YOU say he rs fool Well. in that very
way are many men acting in regard to the
matters of the soul They are cavIling
about the atonement. the red spots on the